Car-door.



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s. WQWIGNBR. GAR DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED D3019, 1907'.

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CAR DOOR. ABPLIOATIUK, I'ILED'DEG. 19. 1907.

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PATENT .a.

CAR-DOOR Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

Application filed. December 19, 1907. Serial No. 407,151;

To all tvlzom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, Smnxot's W. Wroxnn, a citizen of the lfnited States, residing at 7 Douglas, in the county of (ochise and Ter tory of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ar-Doors of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention is a car-door, and has reference more particularly as applied to freightcars, and while it is primarily intended for freight-cars hauling goods of various kinds, it may also be used on cars transporting grain or fruits in bulk, and by making thedoors of slats, or lattice work it may in the transportation of horses, cattle or other live stock.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a side elevation of a freiglit-car broken away at each end, showing my car-door attached and closed. tional view, taken on the liner :0, of Fig. 1, the doorclosed. Fig. 3, is a side elevation,

showing both doors open, both ends of the car broken away. Fig. 4, is a horizontal sectional view, on the line 1 1 looking down- Wardly. Fig. 5,,is a horizontal sectional V Fig. 6, is an inside view. of the lower door, showing the lugs and. locking mechanism. Fig. 7, 1s a vertical sectional View, on the line 2 z, of

Fig. 3.

Similar numerals refer to similar throughout the several views.

In describing my invention I read the drawings from left to right.

. My invention is described as follows:

The numeral 1, representsthe side of a freight box-car 9 represents the lintel and 3 parts "'7 the sill. Said box-car. isprovided with a door-opening 4. Running parallel with the said lintel, and a little below the same, is an upper track-bar 5; this bar extends above ant the full width of the door-opening,,and

the width of the door-opening to the right. Parallel with said tract-bar 5, is a lower track-bar 6, which extends from therighthand wall 7, of the door-opening, to the right on a line immediately under the right-hand end of the upper track-bar. Secured to the wall of the car, and immediately between the two ends of the said bars, is a bumper 8,

'lor the purpose of keeping the sliding-door from sliding too far to'the right.-.

The lower track-bar (3, is beveled on its inner face, from the dotted lines 10, u )wardly and outwardly, leaving a recess 11, hetween be used Fig. 2, is a vertical cross-sec the'upper edge oi said bar 6, and the outer fare of the car wall. Secured, vertically, to l the outer face of the wall of the car, and running down a little below the lower edge of the sliding-door 9, is a stop-bar l2, nearer-the lower endot' which is firmly secured a keeper 13, the right-hand end o'fwhich extends to the edge T, of the left-hand wall of the dooropening, leaving a space between the two. About midway the said stop-bar 12, is a stapic 14, and on a line with said staple, and hingedto theleftdianu edge of the slidingdoor 9, is a hasp. 15. The. left-hand edge. of said door has a beveled recess 16, and the door, at this point, slides in under the keeper 13. When this is done, the hasp may he securedto the staple '14. The lower edge of the door is provider with a bevel 17, which enables it to slide back and forth in said re- :c-ess 11. Secured to the upper edge of said sliding-door Q, are hangers 18, which overlap the upper edge of the upper track-her 5; these mange .1 if desired. Thus it will be seen that said sliding door 9, may he slipped to the left, close the door-opening and be securely locked. Immediately under the said slidingdoor is a hinge-door l9, which-"fills the lower part of said dooropening. Said door is hinged as-follows:-"Ihe lower sill of the ear is provided with notches 20, and extending .froi-n the lower edge. of said hinge-door, are

the walls of said notches, and through said the walls of the notches 20, are recesses 23, and secured to the sill of said hinge-door it), are projections 24, which, when said door is open, catch into said recesses and relieve the strain on the hinge projections 21. The said hinge-door it), opens hack on the platform near the side of the car, which platform is on a line with the floor of the car, and when said hinge-door 19, is opened back, the inner face of said door is on a line with the floor of the car, and in this position the hingepr)jec tions 21, are on a line with the upper surface of the sill of the ear, and are therefore not in the way and not liable to be injured by the moving of the freight or the tread of animals. The lower edge and inner face of said door if), is beveled (see 10), so as to provide an easy ascent f or the freight or truck. When said door 19, is opened back, it forms a bridge from the car to the platform, and on each side o'f'said door is a rail 25, to guard truck may he provided with rollers,

projections, are hinge-bolts 22. Between hin eiro eotions 2] and runnin" throu 'h Patent, is

the Wnllsot the door-opening,

said=hingedooris closed, it is from running oti of the bridge, aroused. The up )er edge and inner face of said door is beveled bsckwardly until it meets the inner face of said sliding door when both doors are closed. (See numeral 19").

Secured against the inner faces 7 and 7, of are abutment strips 26, against which the hinge-door closes. Said hinge-door isialso provided with lockingbars 27, operatedby an eccentric 28 and a bolt 29. These bars, protected by a plate 30. When said hingedooris locked, the end of snidbolt enters recesses 3], in the walls ofthe car.

said bolts and the lower edge ol the slidingdoor, which overlaps the upper edge of said hinge-door.. r J

Although I have specifically described the combination, construction and arrangement of the severnlpn-rts of my invention I do not confine myself particularly to sueh specific combination, construction and arrangement, as I may exercise the right to make such changes and modification therein inn-y clenrly fall withinthe scope of my invention,

and which may be resorted to without departing from the spirit, or sacrificing any ol iny petentable rights therein. 7

Haying described my invention, claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 1. In combination with a freight-ear, having a door-opening, an upper trackdmr 5; a lower trncl -bnr 6, leaving a recess 11, between said traclebnr and the well of the car; a bumper S, secured between the righthand ends of said bars; hangers 18, adapted to run on said upper track-bar; a slidingdoor 9', suspended from said hangers, its

lower edge beveled, nndada pted to slide in said recess 11; a stop-bar 12, secured to the left-hand side of the dooropening; a. keeper 1.3, secured near the lower end of said stopbar 12, the lower corner of said-sliclingdoor adapted to slide under said keeper, the lower sill 3, of said ear, provided with notches '20, and recesses 23; a hinge-door, provided with hinge-projections 21:, fitting in 2U; bolts 22, hingingfsaid, hinge-projections in said notches; projections 24, extending outwardly from the face of the sill of said eccentric and bolt arewhnt I said notches vwhen trucks I door, and adapted to fit in When the held closed by a said recesses when the door is openj locking-arms 27, adapted to enter recesses I'll, in the walls of said our and bolt said door, the upper edge of said door fitting under-the under edge of the sliding-door, and a late3l), lilting against the inner face of said hinge-door. leaving a space above and below the upper zuld lower edges of said'plate, which spaces are beveled, substantialiuas shown and described and the purposes set l'orth.

.2. In 'eolnbinalion with a l'rcighbenr, an upper traelibar 5; a lower lrael: bar 6; hangers 18, adapted to run -on said trackbar: a sliding-door suspended from said hangers and adapted to slide back and forth between said burs; a stop-bar 12, secui'ed to Vthe-lel't-hand side of the doorolnning;a

keep r 12- secured near the lower end ol said the lower end ol said sliding-drm'r adapled to slide under said keeper; abut-- 26, secured against the inner 3. In combination with a freight-ear, having a door-'opening, on upper track-bar above smdopennig and extending to the right; a lower trnclebar 6, extending to the right; it sliding-door 9, suspended from said tract-bar 5; a door, '19, hinged to the sill of said car, and projections 24, extending downwardly from the lower edge of said door 19, and adapted to enter recesses 23, in the sill. of the car when the door is 0 en, said doors adapted .to be closed and 100 ed in place by any proper means, substantially as shown and described and forthe purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

SIRENOUS W. VVIGNER. Witnesses:

BRUCE- STEPHENSON, JOHN HANINGER. 

